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(Reuters) – Ons Jabeur said a rain delay that lasted more than three hours helped her regroup and eventually win her Charleston Open semi-final against Daria Kasatkina, after a disappointing start had threatened her chances of reaching a first final in 2023.<\/p>\n

World number five Jabeur, who had minor surgery in February and skipped events in Doha and Dubai, was trailing her Russian opponent 3-5 in the first set when rain stopped play and she returned rejuvenated to complete a 7-5 7-5 victory.<\/p>\n

“I have to thank the rain,” Tunisian Jabeur, the runner-up to Swiss Belinda Bencic in 2022, told reporters on Saturday.<\/p>\n

“It allowed me to talk to my coach a bit and he gave me some advice and I reflected on what happened in the first set.<\/p>\n

“My game was there, I just needed to find something small. I was more patient definitely after, I was building my point more and that really helped me.”<\/p>\n

Kasatkina said she was frustrated by the delay which meant the match ended more than five hours after it began.<\/p>\n

“I just wish all tennis was played indoors like most of the other sports,” Kasatkina said.<\/p>\n

Up next for Jabeur, last year’s Wimbledon and U.S. Open runner-up, is either top seed Jessica Pegula or holder Bencic. <\/p>\n

The second semi-final was suspended late on Saturday with Bencic up 7-5 6-6 but Pegula ahead 4-2 in the tiebreak.<\/p>\n

The match will be completed on Sunday with the final scheduled to take place later in the day.<\/p>\n

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(Reporting by Shrivathsa Sridhar in Bengaluru; Editing by Robert Birsel)<\/p>\n

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